Convicted Maine killer’s appeal is heard with skepticism

PORTLAND — The lawyer for a 23-year-old man given three life sentences in a 2010 triple killing says the defendant was immature and was “played” by a skilled law enforcement officer during an interrogation.

State supreme court justices expressed skepticism Monday over whether Thayne Ormsby’s remark that “I’m going to have to plead the Fifth on that one” was enough to stop the interview. Defense lawyer Sarah LeClaire said police shouldn’t have “plowed onward” but justices suggested the situation wasn’t so clear cut.

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